{"author_link":"\/author\/fleegle2000\/","author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","comments":[{"author_name":"Andynonomous","author_uid":"45724","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 2:55am","epoch":1418007000,"text":"Great game, love the graphics, clever mechanic!"},{"author_name":"eforen","author_uid":"34017","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1418022000,"text":"I can not run this as Chrome claims it is Malicious I tried to download several times not even an option to open anyway..."},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:35am","epoch":1418023800,"text":"I'm sorry to hear that you're having difficulties - I am a Chrome user myself and I didn't get those warnings. You could try changing your security settings but other than that I'm not sure what to suggest."},{"author_name":"Snuux","author_uid":"18629","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:08am","epoch":1418025780,"text":"Nice, very nice game! Idea and graphics are cool! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Maurogik","author_uid":"21508","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:12am","epoch":1418026020,"text":"Very nice game, nice graphics, it helped that there were a story and dialogues to walk me through."},{"author_name":"rzuf","author_uid":"1349","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 8:29am","epoch":1418027040,"text":"Love the graphics, sound and story! Mechanics seemed a bit random, so game is winnable mainly by trial end error, but as an experience it's great."},{"author_name":"vicious_br","author_uid":"36629","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1418052900,"text":"Yesss! I win!"},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1418053080,"text":"I won! And then lost! Pretty shapes, and sometimes the shape gets weird but that's cool. Then I wondered if it's supposed to be a two player versus game. hmm"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1418054760,"text":"I really like the idea of this game. I wish the argument-dialogues were a bit further developed, but still a very interesting concept with some light real-world messages tied in :-)"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1418056080,"text":"rzuf: Yes, the mechanic is a little random and for the post-compo version I plan on tightening it up a bit more."},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1418056260,"text":"Bernhard: You could very easily play it with two players on the same keyboard :) That wasn't my intention but it's a really good idea. Multiplayer could be added in the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1418056380,"text":"ChronusZ: Thanks for the feedback - I've been meaning to implement a dialogue system for one of my other games and decided that this would be a good opportunity to develop one. I will definitely be adding more dialogue possibilities in the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"bnmkt","author_uid":"43326","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1418058180,"text":"I love the graphics and mecanism :3"},{"author_name":"Neonian","author_uid":"29665","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1418058360,"text":"Very nice, very clever!"},{"author_name":"The Jahn","author_uid":"2485","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1418061420,"text":"Pretty colors\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\u262f \u2092 \u262f"},{"author_name":"dook","author_uid":"18341","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1418067240,"text":"Very nice! I like the concept, and the simple controls. And adding the little story to it made it more engaging :)"},{"author_name":"ponk","author_uid":"11872","time":"Dec 8, 2014 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1418074980,"text":"Cool !! I really like the procedural circles animation !"},{"author_name":"TimtheBo","author_uid":"42051","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1418141340,"text":"Really loved the artstyle and dialoge! Other than that it is a quite simple game"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:39pm","epoch":1418142840,"text":"@TimtheBo: Thanks! I appreciate the feedback.  I plan on adding more levels and features in the post-compo version, while maintaining the current aesthetic."},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1418154600,"text":"Looks and plays really nice (: Too bad it was a tad short! D: But cool minimalstic graphics, sound was nice too!"},{"author_name":"okkolobr","author_uid":"26489","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1418154600,"text":"Not sure to have understood everything that happend, but I kind of enjoyed it anyway."},{"author_name":"janovbyrnisson","author_uid":"43705","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1418154900,"text":"Strange game :) But I like it."},{"author_name":"semdog","author_uid":"45121","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1418159160,"text":"L&Ouml;VE this game ;) awesome graphics and very innovative mechanic. Also the sun is super cool"},{"author_name":"Mokosha","author_uid":"45771","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1418159880,"text":"Your linux .zip seems to contain .exes and .dlls =("},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 2:31am","epoch":1418178360,"text":"@Mokosha - I provided a single zip file with both the Windows and Linux files inside. There should be a Daybloom.love file in the zip - you need to have Love installed in order to run it."},{"author_name":"Justin Mullin","author_uid":"3128","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 2:52am","epoch":1418266020,"text":"Very pretty, but I';m not sure how it works, even though I (think) I beat the game.  Is the object just to keep the sun from going all spikey?"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1418311380,"text":"@Justin Mullin: The goal is to strike a balance between the sun growing too large and becoming too erratic - I'll try to make it a bit clearer in the post-compo version."},{"author_name":"Divitos","author_uid":"9732","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1418317620,"text":"Error\r<br\/>resources.lua:70: Cannot create canvas"},{"author_name":"5k0d","author_uid":"44911","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 5:20pm","epoch":1418318100,"text":"soundtrack is really awesome but i dont like the error trial gameplay"},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1418321040,"text":"@Divitos: not sure why you're getting that error - I know that some systems don't support the canvas system Love uses. It sounds like the error is happening on load so I suspect that is the case for you. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about it - sorry."},{"author_name":"fleegle2000","author_uid":"5313","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1418321100,"text":"@5k0d: Yes, I need to provide a bit more feedback\/less randomness. I plan on tweaking that in the post-competition version."},{"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"20557","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1418328060,"text":"That was interesting to say the least.  Also felt really short.  It was hard to tell if the being is agitated, but at least its size was obvious."},{"author_name":"ArcturusDeluxe","author_uid":"26098","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1418337660,"text":"I'm not really sure what I was supposed to be doing in this game, but its a cool audio\/visual experience at least.  Nice presentation and a good sense of atmosphere.  Maybe a bit more explanation on things would be nice?  Good stuff though."},{"author_name":"pjimmy","author_uid":"40339","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1418484780,"text":"intriguing game, it's a nice visual experience, great surreal mood. It would be nice to have some clear instructions, and sometimes the dialog boxes got stuck on screen, a very beautiful game anyways."},{"author_name":"Vladik Plays","author_uid":"43115","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1418758560,"text":"Nice simple game there..\r<br\/>I don't get the point:can you win this game??? Or is it impossible??"},{"author_name":"Code White","author_uid":"37086","time":"Dec 19, 2014 @ 10:13am","epoch":1418983680,"text":"Funny and original. It's very well made for a compo game - well done!"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Dec 24, 2014 @ 1:08pm","epoch":1419426180,"text":"Nice, The in game dialog works well.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-C"}],"images":["ld31\/5313-67a984bdfa7278206f20dd9926024f43.jpg","ld31\/5313-2851427f82795a195821a1f8bc0697d0.jpg","ld31\/5313-bf6370a9dc29f8c3e4974da74b69a202.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/fleegle2000ld31\/files\/Daybloom.zip\/download","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/fleegle2000ld31\/files\/Daybloom.zip\/download","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/fleegle2000ld31\/files\/Daybloom%20source.zip\/download","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"14855","g_author":"5313","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"14885","g_title":"Daybloom","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"305","g_commentcount":"37","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/5313-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/5313-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/407933\/5313-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Daybloom is a game about balance.\r\n\r\nI decided to go the minimalist route. It actually fits several of the themes that were proposed. I interpreted the theme literally and made a game that fits on one screen - no panning, scrolling etc.\r\nAs with my previous LD entry, the game is a short experience. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nLinux users: Please note that the zip file contains both the Windows executables\/dlls and the .love file that you can run in Linux. I thought it would be easier to distribute if there was just a single download - sorry for the confusion.","title":"Daybloom"}